The Dream Factory: The Dream Factory, #1

By Linda Mercury and Shéa MacLeod

Alice Kennedy needs some hope in her life. At the age of twenty-three, she escapes her mama's clutches, looking for change. In the small town of Gold Coast, Illinois, her car dies, leaving her stranded. Just her luck.

 

Alice doesn't expect to find empowerment in the depressed village, but a mysterious benefactor gifts her with a new start – the ownership of a once-magnificent costume shop called The Dream Factory. The store's potential to create beauty lifts up not only Alice, but Gold Coast itself.

 

Escape into the magic of The Dream Factory in this heart-warming, feel-good story of a woman called to become fabulous.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Linda Mercury and Shea Macleod
• Release date: Jun 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393167846

Linda Mercury

Linda Mercury ia a writer and creator of really unusual fictional worlds. More than anything, she cares about compassion, connection, and intimacy. She lives in the Pacific Northwest and has a redwood tree in her backyard.

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